Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-21
LOVETT HIT HARD.

1 Ihe Now Haven Team Does It-A Well Earned and Deserved Victory Bu, Lost Through Bad Base Running Not Troubled Much by Lovett'i 1 P1tchIng-Burns Receives An Ova. 1 tton-KelIyss Excellent Umpiring- | Troy to Get Larry COrcoran-Leary and Murphy the Battery To-Day-A New Reporters stand Needed-Mc. Kenna's Fine Pitching. ''What picnic we will have with New | Haven!" That was the cry that resounded
 throughout Bridgeport at the commencement
 of the season. Was that what was being said in Bridgeport last night? Not by any
 means. They say that it was mere luck that let the Bridgeports win.
 There was marked contrast in the way the New Ravens hit Lovett yesterday and the way they hit him the other games he pitched against them. And MT. Lovett, the crack pitcher, must have felt rather sick last night The New Ravens batted him probably the hardest he has been hit this season and made three earned runs.
 The Bridgeports really seemed afraid of McKenna, the new pitcher Manager Troy tried for the first time. He has a sort of jumping jack delivery and delivers the ball somewhat as Loyett and Gruber do. These three pitchers stand in the box in the same position, which is not done by any other pitcher in the league. McKenna pitched 8 fine game. If New Haven had him week ago the position of the team might be different in the race for the championship. Seven bona fide hits off him! Eleven off Lovett! The New Ravens certainly used the stick with telling effect
 As soon as the gap between second and third bases is filled up the New Ravens will make things lively for all the clubs.
 Weckbecker for some reason had an off day yesterday. He did not throw man out while stealing second. Every time but once with an eye which seemed to be looking at a star in the heavens, he threw the ball away over Troy's head. Once Troy jumped and made good one hand stop.
 It would seem as if ball players like the New Ravens would know how to run bases and coach. But there are only two or three men in the whole team who can do either. If they had run bases yesterday as they ought the error in the last inning would not have lost them the game. On the part of some of them the base running was rank, and so was the coaching.
 There were about four hundred who wit messed the game
 The Bridgeport team went to the bat first Brown opened with two bagger, went to third on wild pitch, and home on McGuirk being put out at first.T Then Wilson walked up to the bat and made three -bagger over Mel Ions head. Everyone present began to think the Bridgeports were going to have another berry with one of New HaYen's pitchers. Munyan hit the ball to Troy, who made high jump and captured it with one hand, and threw him out at first. Leary threw Jones out.
 Burns, for New Haven, went out on a fly. Mellon stepped up before the great Lovett and welted the ball for wo-bagger. Troy went out on foul. Heller made base hit which brought Mellon home. Crowley flied out. The score now stood one to one, and the playing on both sides showed that close and exciting game was at hand.
 In the second inning each side went out in one, two, three order.
 In the third inning Cain got base hit on balls and stole second. Leary's tumble gave Brown his base and Cain went to third. A passed ball let Cain come home and the next three men went out on flies. New Haven in this inning was blanked.
 In the fourth inning two of the Bridge ports were out when Lovett made a base hit. He would not have got any further than sec ond if Weckbecker had thrown the ball straight to Troy, and it would have been the third man out. But Weckbecker threw the ball away over Troy's head into center field and Lovett came home on it. The next man was thrown out.
 first on huff by McGuirk and stole second. Helfer again made base hit. With Troy on third he should have run down to second but he clung to the base. No one was out, and if the catcher had thrown the ball to second when he attempted to steal in, Troy would have come home. Af- ter all the nine had tried to get him off he started. A nice base hit by Crowley brought Troy and Helfer home. A base hit by Brill sent Crowley to third. On an infeld hit by Leary Crowley attempted to come home, but was put out. Leary was put out while try ing to make second, and McKenna struck out. The score was now three to three.
 The Bridgeports were blanked in the next inning. Then, after Weckbecker had struck out, Burns hit the ball for two bases, Mellon got another hit at the ball and sent it into center field and Gain sent it home to shut Burns off from scoring and Mellon started for second on the throw in. Wilson did not try to touch Burns, who was home, but threw the ball to Shannon, putting Mellon out. Troy next made another two-bagger, and the Bridgeport people began to think their pet pitcher was not so impervious after all, and that the New Ravens were getting there in pretty good style Helfer again hit the ball, made wild throw. Troy scored on passed ball. The score was now five to three in favor of New Haven.
 In the sixth inning on base hit on balls, a steal and then a base hit by Shannon, a run was scored for Bridgeport. This made the score uF0 to IOuf, ana CnlS was the way It stood until the ninth inning.
 Shannon made base hit. Lovett knocked grounder to Leary. He was too anxious to make a double play by getting the ball to second and then to first. He was so anxious to shut the team out that he made tumble, allowing both men to get their bases. Then Cox made 8 two bagger, bringing Shannon and Lovett home On @ passed ball and put out Cox scored. This settled the game, and the Bridgeport audience all through this inning yelled and yelled, afraid their team was to be defeated.
 The most brilliant feature of the game was in the third inning, when Burns after long run captured long foul fly. The audience cheered and cheered. It was the third man out, and as he came walking in the audience kept up it's applause and did not let up until after he had doffed his cap.
 Jimmy Kelly never umpired better game of bali in his life. He had one close decision yesterday and because the audience could not see straight they began to hiss Kelly for giv- ing a right decision. It was when a Bridge. port player on third came home, but was called out on third for not holding his base until fly struck the hands of Burns in the field. The decision came at an unfortunate moment, for the run would have tied the score. Jimmy was right about it.
 The following is the score:
 NE" HAEsF: R.iPF:o.A. 'A'D'RfGnP R,1a'P:oA. E. Burns, If..-1 2 0 Brown, riff 1 l 0